Current events: 2024-07-27

Wikipedia Current Events · Jul 27, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Majdal Shams attack
  - Twelve people, including several children, are killed in rocket strikes on the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel claims that Hezbollah is responsible for the attack, but Hezbollah denies any involvement. (Reuters)
  - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows that Hezbollah will "pay a heavy price" which "it has not paid so far" in response to the attack. (Barron's)
Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - More than fifty people, including fifteen children, are killed in Israeli attacks on a school used to shelter displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces capture the village of Lozovatskoye in Donetsk Oblast (Anadolu Agency)
Sudanese civil war
- At least 22 people are killed and 75 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces attack on Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

The ancient Roman Appian Way, the oldest Roman road which began construction in 312 B.C., is added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. (AP)

Health and environment

Iran orders all government offices and commercial institutions to close tomorrow due to ongoing country-wide heatwaves. (ABC) (Bloomberg)

International relations

Hungary–Russia relations, Foreign relations of Belarus, Russia–European Union relations
- Hungary opens its borders to Russian and Belarusian guest workers without requiring work visas or cultural knowledge testing requirements, thereby allowing these workers to obtain "National Cards" and travel freely within the European Union's Schengen Area. (Forbes)

Law and crime

Eight people are killed and five others are injured when a vehicle hits pedestrians in Changsha, Hunan, China. The perpetrator is arrested. (AP)

Sports